Sudanese acting Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, was reportedly placed under house arrest yesterday by a group of an unidentified military force.
The arrests took place before dawn yesterday. Citing unidentified sources, Al-Hadath said those detained include Industry Minister Ibrahim al-Sheikh, Information Minister Hamza Baloul, and media adviser to the prime minister, Faisal Mohammed Saleh.
The spokesman for Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, Mohammed al-Fiky Suliman, and the governor of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, Ayman Khalid, were also arrested.
Sudan has been on edge since a failed coup plot last month unleashed bitter recriminations between military and civilian groups meant to be sharing power following the toppling of the country’s long-time leader Omar al-Bashir.
Al-Bashir was toppled after months of street protests in 2019, and a political transition agreed after his removal was meant to lead to elections by the end of 2023.
The country’s main pro-democratic political group, Sudanese Professional’s Association, called the military’s moves an apparent military coup and called on the public to take to the streets.
